Advance Brighter Futures

We support people experiencing mental, physical & emotional wellbeing problems to understand recovery and move forward with their ambitions. We achieve this by providing a range of support services including lifestyle coaching, group activities, and a range of talking therapies. We provide practical mental wellbeing support through mentoring, courses, volunteering opportunities and support groups.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Wrexham
• Flintshire

Area of benefit in its governing document: County Borough of Wrexham

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £395,870 and spent £371,853.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time

Down 21%, from £499,358 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £395,870 in the year to 31 March 2026.

Spending against income

It spent 94% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.

Money from government

59% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026 came from government grants and contracts (£231,682).

Largest funder

Wrexham County Borough Council gave £98,964 in the year to 31 March 2026, 25% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2026: £44,256 from 3 grants. Government contracts: £187,426 from 5 contracts.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2026, the charity named 4 funders who gave £187,426 between them. £187,426 of that came from public bodies.

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Funders that publish to 360Giving list 17 grants to this charity since 2012, worth at least £507,110.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Public bodies' published spending shows 1 payment to this charity worth £145,818, on 7 April 2021.

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Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

• 20 May 2026

  Named in a registered interest of Marc Jones, Member of the Senedd

  Category: Membership/Chairmanship of bodies in receipt of direct or indirect Senedd Commission or Welsh Government funds.

  Entry in respect of: Member Name of organisation: Advance Brighter Futures Role within organisation: Board Member Additional information: Mental Health Charity

  Read the record

• 24 November 2021

  Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: First Minister

  Purpose: Advance Brighter Futures.

  Advance Brighter Futures

  Read the record

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7 trustees run the charity.

• Carly MorrisseyAppointed 6 August 2026
• Gareth BiltonAppointed 2 September 2026
• Jane FrancisAppointed 10 August 2018
• Justine MasonAppointed 19 July 2018
• Marc JonesAppointed 24 November 2020
• Robert John CoxAppointed 3 November 2016
• Rosemarie Williams

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1089638

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

4 December 2001

Governing document

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/08/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/10/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 05/08/2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 10/11/2014 as amended on 14 Dec 2022 as amended on 06 Dec 2023

Company number

04052135This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House

Website

www.advancebrighterfutures.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Wrexham

• Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 2 November 2026.
• Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• Payments from public bodies: each body's own published spending data, matched to the charity by OpenEconomy. 5 public bodies' data is included so far.
• In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• Its accounts and annual returns on the register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenCouncil: Wrexham Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Wrexham's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Fflint Wrecsam
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Gwynedd Maldwyn